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Definition: Meaning of, teach in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tiːtʃ /

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teach taught taught
Present Participle Third Person Singular
teaching teaches
  1. school/college etc [intransitive and transitive] to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information [↪  learn]
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  2. show somebody how [transitive] to show someone how to do something
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  3. change somebody's ideas [transitive] to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should think
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  4. experience shows something [transitive] if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about life
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  5. that'll teach you (to do something) spoken used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly
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  6. teach somebody a lesson informal if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again
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  7. you can't teach an old dog new tricks used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things
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  8. teach your grandmother (to suck eggs) British English to give someone advice about something that they already know
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Teach


Definition: Meaning of, Teach in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tiːʧ /

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  1. died in 1718 an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America
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    Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
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Teach used in phrases

  • Edward Teach (noun)
    1. died in 1718 an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America
  • teach-in (noun)
    1. an informal meeting of people who are interested in a particular subject, where they have the opportunity to learn more about it
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